Lifetree

Mama


Heroine. Teacher. Role Model. 

Work. Action. No Drama. 

Soothe. Heal. Fight. For Gaza. 

Mama. Khalida. Zina. Bondoka. Eva. 


Instructions for life. wake up. pay attention. 

Eat. was. move. breathe. read. dance. queen. 

be elegant. be fierce. be villanelle. 

perfums, fine clothes, perfect. 


flight attendant. secretary. unpaid ceo. boss. 

she is so hard to attain. perfection is her vain. 

love. pain. strength. resilience. fire. rain. 

oh how could i describe her. leah laila day and night. 


kids. groceries. career. physique. 

hell. on earth. i see you. 

i feel you every day. in my heart. 

push. play start. 


Your life. responsibilities. weight. 

violence. pain. fire fire. light. right. 

to exist. feel. nurture nature. 

breathe. 


Amira


Sister. teacher. vorbild. heroine. 

Habibti. Okhti. Monnos. Kibir.

Smart. Curious. Kind. Sharp. 

Big. big . big. heart. 


watching mama. burning. lava. 

running. caring. cooking. mary.

perfect eve perfect there perfect here.

losing herself. to be. sein. wie sie. wir. 


pain. inflammations. medications. repeat. 

home. strange. beaten. bleed. 

give me your heart. body. soul. verstand. 

to give give give, time love body more. 


for money. husband. karriere. 

luxus. cars. senseless. wars. 

toxic. male. no love. no shame. 

hurt beat curb. her aspirations. love n emotions. 


i feel you. i hear you. more than ever. 

posting crying gaza. mama baba dying. 

hear me out. it hurts. every frau. 

who feels. who bleeds. every hour. 


not giving up. ever. ehrgeizig. 

ambitious. lioness. princess. fighter. 

Mira mira. there she comes. 

Amira. Love. me. us. 


Younes. laila. galal. 

Daughter. sons. elle. 

Fearless. fierce. loving. 

loud. proud. frau. 


Amr


achi. brother. teacher. model. big me. 

same room. same school. same way. 

egyptian. arab. swiss. male. 

pain. pain. love. hate. 


felt. in school. kanti oerlike. 

buehrle. contraves. waffe. schaffe. 

bombe falled uf dihei. pack yo bags. 

yalla bye. 


egypt air. zurich kloten. new home. 

beaten beaten swiss stone. 

why you here we want you there. 

leave our school country bleib fern. 


he didnt. he stayed. here. 

played studied worked cared

distributed newspapers with me. 

standing on his feet. bedemeaned on repeat. 


first kid. hardest luck. 

role model without one. 

lots of responsibilities. 

amira scissors teymour rocks. 


lina nayla dalia schoss. 

advocate. for me. for law. justice. 

against. endless violence. on repeat. 

needs yoga. needs sport. sonst perfect. so. 


Baba


baba. mama. crying sad shy me. happy happy said. 

he is dark. sporty. shy. 

loving. loving. kind. 

heart of gold. feather of love. dove. 


hes like me. sadly. happily. 

he doesnt talk. he draws writes poems art. 

messages to communicate. languages to translate. 

waffenexporte. kriegsmaterial. schweizer hannah ganz banal. 


arbeitet bei contraves. oerlikon buehrle. 

tennis club. engineer. aenshonieur. 

respected. loved. connected. 

to love nature poesie. mama. lily. me. 


he has seen a lot. povery. armut. not. 

recht. existenz. verweigert. verarmt. ungerecht. 

aufgestanden. immer wieder. uebersetzt. gehandelt. 

hoert auf. haende hoch. halt. frieda tot. 


kommt nach aegypten. volleyball am strand. 

agami bianchi alexandria fun. 

gutes essen. gute laune. menschen. connection. 

human human revelation. 


we are the same. ganz normale buerger. 

arbeiten. streiten. lieben. liebe geben. 

nehmen schlagen leiden fuehlen

alles verlieren. gaza schweiz eins. 


Oli


achi. best friend. forever. habibi. 

faster. smarter. stronger. spiegel. 

bild. schweizer familie. tres suisse. 

half goeman. haf french. biz frech.


special guy. super fast. super smart. 

alert. tall. mathematic brand.

best friend brother cher best man. 

swiss french german mentor nerd. 


Silvio


egypt. wardian. babas mama. hell. 

dusty clothes. dead chicken. rot. 

unihockey. only sports. anita kiss kiss don’t like. 

we both queer. i know now never knew habibi. 


same school. same friends. different lives paths. 

economist dentist cray cray same same black holes.

fix bandage heal broken bones. calcium. brush. 

eat drink milk every day baba silvio arrive. 


Vero

chez Vero. fribourg. anniversaire. toujours nous deux. 

freres. croissant nos rivieres montagnes de berne. 

pour lamour lespoir le retour. soeur. mama. 

chilienne. espici suiss e vero elle. 


the fierce woman with a big black spot in the face. 

there i am, out and proud, black hole mole villanelle. 

fending off all attacks stares glances of eyes in the dark

lurking circling to a rising shark. 


raised by a loving baba. shy. kind. smile. like mine. 

crowned by a shining mama. confident. elegant. 

razor sharp attention. presence. elle. 

ximena. veronica. alliende. teacher leader mama.


three kids. a clowny loving husband. career life prospers. 

with her. when she’s there. elle e radiante. you know as we 

say in french. brilliante. charmante. aimante. adelante. 

vamonos. yalla yallah. allez venez. a berne. reveiller.


rever. life. leben. montrer. au monde. 

que lunivers est ronde. le ciel vert. 

les rivieres velvet. vero. blue. overt. 

silvi oli velvet veramour couvert.


































swissrat


we have a white supremascist bundesrat 

parlament servala swiss establishment 

swissrat blau fish emirat

tell. apfel. eva. tot. weiss. kreuz. rot.


e mamas. e babas. y bambini.

vemos todos los hijos hijas

hibas hijabs nina nilit nil sin

zero nunca compassion emocion nada.


neutral. genau. skandal. jedi frau.

innocent. geili sau. zureich snow white face schau.

masc gone. bingo bingo. 

heels up. done. home.


race to the bottom. twerky twerky. 

puff. piggy piggy top explodes.

beobachter. shwarzes schaf?

wallis berge. herde. erde. 


frau. leben. freiheit. apfel. tell. 

teilen. heilen. parlamentarier. bundesrat. 

feine gerichte get ready parat. 

icc icj ic swissair hijacked retake bridge jump spagat.